I recently moved to a house with a 1/3 acre yard and am trying to do something with the severly neglected yard. About the only things that the yard had, besides weeds, was some gorgeous banana trees, although I don't know what kind they are. The 'mother' is 25-30 feet tall and there are others around it a little shorter. They have a few pups growing at the base that vary from new to about two feet in height. The fruit from these trees are very small...measuring about 2-3 inches each. I had two stands of bananas when I bought the house and the ones that grew on the protected side of the house did not go dormant through the winter. They died back a little, but kept some green leaves all year long. These pups come from the non-dormant trees.
I am trying to put a large lily garden out front and would love to have some of the fancy daylilies with the ruffles. Forgive me for not using the correct terms, but it has been years since I have had a yard and things have changed a LOT since then. Anyway, I like the daylilies with the contrasting throats and then the ruffles that are lined with the same color as the throat...some examples of the plants I am interested in are:
Always Afternoon, Art Gallery Fringe, Beulah Mae Windham, Candain Border Patrol...to list a few.
CLOSED: Banana Pups for Daylilies
Here is a pic of one of the Banana Tree pups I have for trade. This is the largest. The others are smaller. I think I counted 4 or 5...it is hard to tell because I haven't been able to clear out all the dead leaves yet. Also, I wanted to point out that the largest tree did not die out or go dormant this past winter and I am in zone 8b. I can send pics of the one of the smaller pups and a pic of the parent trees so you can see how HUGE they grow.
